Talk:Smallbrook Junction railway station

Annual entry\exit
Erm, should there be any data on this at all? People cannot physically enter or exit this station without going on the Island Line or the steam railway. Where did this figure of 0.003 million people come from? Simply south 15:58, 19 June 2006 (UTC)


 * The figure comes from, the source document used for all UK railway station exits figures (see template talk:UK stations). You cannot exit other than on the Island Line or steam railway, but you can buy tickets to or from the station, and people do - it might be cheaper to buy tickets for the railways separately if your journeys are short or one-way (there is a combined day rover ticket for both lines). I was too late in the day to make a return trip on the steam railway when I was there (I took photos of the last departure of the day) and so I bought a return ticket to Smallbrook Junction. It is also possible that some revenue from the rover tickets is allocated to the station, as there is little point in buying such a ticket if you aren't going to use both IL and IOWSR trains. Thryduulf 16:11, 19 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Also, remember that the two railways are independent and, AFAIK, other than the rover ticket there is no through ticketing available. Thryduulf 16:14, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Surely 'turnout' is an American word? As this is a British line, I suggest 'points' should be used instead. I haven't amended the article as I am a complete Wiki novice and don't want to touch something that links to another article.

Also - as the whole point of Smallbrook Junction station is to allow passenger interchange between the two lines, it would have been nice if the article had included a photo showing both lines at the station, or better still both trains at the station. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.31.182.29 (talk) 20:13, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
 * The station is not as you might naively expect a double sided platform with one line on each side. It is two separate platforms at different heights with fairly high fences at the back of each platform, an area of foliage between them and a linking path/ramp. Afaict you can't see the steam railway at all from the island line side and you can barely see the island line from the steam railway side (e.g. http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g186308-d261074-i76841497-Isle_of_Wight_Steam_Railway-Isle_of_Wight_England.html ) Plugwash (talk) 04:57, 13 March 2014 (UTC)